Health will soon implement "the world's smallest heart pump" into its procedures, which is expected to reduce risks and ...

There are new and revised warnings about the instructions for use of a certain type of heart pump that could lead to a risk of heart perforation, according to an alert issued by the pump's ...

New concepts in device therapy for advanced heart failure presented in early reports ...

Cleveland Clinic Weston’s Dr. Cedric Sheffield said that the most common left ventricular assist device being used right now for adults is Abbott’s HeartMate 3, above. Courtesy of Abbott When a ...

Abiomed updated warnings on more than 60,000 Impella Left Sided Heart Pumps because the device might cut the wall of the heart’s left ventricle, the FDA said March 21. After 129 serious injuries, ...

Physicians at Emory University Hospital performed the first-ever surgical implantation in the United States of a brand-new type of heart pump designed to help save patients with heart failure, using a ...

Before operating on someone, it would be very helpful if cardiac surgeons could examine a physical model of that specific individual's heart. Well, they should soon be able to do so – and the model ...

Buckeye woman Deanna Morehead survived a massive heart attack thanks to doctors at Abrazo West Campus who used the world's smallest heart pump to save her life. Morehead is now in recovery, working on ...

Impella devices have been the subjects of a series of Abiomed letters and FDA early alerts and recall notices. In January, Abiomed sent an urgent medical device correction about a malfunction risk ...